Absent in the Spring

A striking novel of truth and soul-searching.
Returning from a visit to her daughter in Iraq, Joan Scudamore finds herself unexpectedly alone and stranded in an isolated rest house by flooding of the railway tracks.
Looking back over the years, Joan painfully re-examines her attitudes, relationships and actions and becomes increasingly uneasy about the person who is revealed to her...
Famous for her ingenious crime books and plays, Agatha Christie also wrote about crimes of the heart, six bittersweet and very personal novels, as compelling and memorable as the best of her work.

About the author

Agatha Christie is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in English with another billion in over 70 foreign languages. She is the most widely published author of all time and in any language, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 20 plays, and six novels written under the name of Mary Westmacott.

Summary

A striking novel of truth and soul-searching.

Report

'The one book that has satisfied me completely - the book I always wanted to write.' Agatha Christie
'A tour de force which should be recognized as a classic.' New York Times

Product details

• Authors: Agatha Christie, Mary Westmacott
• Publisher: Harper Collins Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 15.06.2017
• EAN: 9780008131432
• ISBN: 978-0-00-813143-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 197 mm x 14 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Romance, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General, FICTION / Women, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Cozy / General, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional, FICTION / Classics, Classic crime, Iraq, Classic crime and mystery fiction, Mystery; Crime; Poirot; Marple